Gauge: Thick

Format: Corona Gorda

Weight: 11,41 grams

Length: 143 mm

Ring: 46

Manufactured: Hand Made cigars

Presentation: 2 Layers in a box of 25 cigars

Cigar Review
Displaying a superior balance with loads of toast, deep spice and hints of nuts, this cigar starts off with earthy undertones similar to it's sister cigar, the Serie D No. 4 Robusto, but with richer spiciness. From there it just gets deeper, darker, richer and stronger - reminiscent of a Romeo Exhibicion #4, but ultimately with more longevity - gradually becoming a powerhouse typical of the higher-end Partagas lines.

PARTAGAS CIGARS

Year of Foundation: 1845

Tobacco Country: Cuba

Tobacco Procedence: Vuelta Abajo (Pinar del Rio)

Cigar Factory: Partagas

The Partagas cigar brand is named for it's founder, Don Jaime Partagas, who began manufacturing Cuban cigars in 1827, but put his own name on his line of cigars in 1845. After his death, the Partagas brand passed to Ramon Cifuentes in 1889 and was owned by Cifuentes y Cia. prior to nationalization, earning a mention by name in English novelist Evelyn Waugh's 1945 work, Brideshead Revisited. Partagas cigars also won gold medals in at least three international cigar expositions between 1867 and 1884. There is no doubt about the strong, intense flavour of this Cuban cigar line and it is still produced in the Partagas cigar factory in La Habana, Cuba, renamed Fernando Perez after nationalization.

The Partagas cigar range is immense and it would be hard for a smoker not to find a Partagas cigar which fits his or her interest in cigar size or cigar shape. Buyer beware: the 8-9-8 selections vary greatly in size and strength; identification is made by whether the cigar box is varnished or not. Click here for more Partagás cigar history!